[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46019-46020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21986]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Individual National 
Research Service Award Application and Related Forms

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Extramural Research, the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approval of the information 
collection listed below. This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register on April 5, 2001, page 
18097 and allowed 60-days for public comment. No public comments were 
received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days 
for public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct 
or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection that has been extended, revisesd, or implemented 
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Individual National Research Service Award Application and 
Related Forms. Type of Information Colelction Request: Revision, OMB 
0925-0002, Expiration Date 11/30/01. Form Numbers: PHS 416-1, 416-9, 
416-5, 416-7, 6031, 6031-1. Need and Use of Information Collection: The 
PHS 416-1 and 416-9 are used by individuals to apply for direct 
research training support. Awards are made to individual applicants for 
specified training proposals in biomedical and behavioral research, 
slected as a result of a national competition. The other related forms 
(PHS 416-5, 416-7, 6031, 6031-1) are used by these individuals to 
activate, terminate, and provide for payback of a National Research 
Service Award. Frequency of Response: Applicants may submit 
applciations for published receipt dates. If awarded, annual progress 
is reported. Related forms are used at activation, termination, and to 
provide for payback of a National Research Service Award. Affected 
Public: Individuals or households: Business or other for profit, Not-
for-profit institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local or Tribal 
Government. Type Respondents: Adult scientific trainees and 
professionals. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated 
Number of Respondents:

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29,748; Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0834; Average 
Burden Hours Per Response: 2.658; and Estimated Total Annual Burden 
Hours Requested: 85,679. The annnualized cost to respondents is 
estimated at $1,985,472 (Using a $35 physician/professor average hourly 
wage rate, and a $12 trainee average hourly wage rate.) There are no 
Capital Costs to report. The annual Operating and Maintenance Costs to 
report are $148,740.

Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the 
use of appropriate automated, electronic mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of ifnormation 
technology.

Direct Comments to OMB

    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained 
in this notice, especially regarding the esitmated public burden and 
associated repsonse time, should be directed to the: Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory Affairs, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Attention Desk 
Officer for NIH. To request more information on the proposed project or 
to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact 
Ms. Jan Heffernan, Division of Grants Policy, Office of Policy for 
Extramural Research Administration, NIH, Rockledge 1 Building, Room 
1196, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, or call non-toll-
free number (301) 435-0940, or E-mail your request, including your 
request, including your address to: [email protected]

Comments Due Date

    Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of 
having their full effect if received on or before October 1, 2001.

    Dated: August 21, 2001.
Carol Tippery,
Acting Director, OPERA, NIH.
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